The UK could be set for one last blast of summer according to new weather maps. New predictions have revealed that when Brits are usually wrapping up for ice, frost and snow that instead there could be once more chance to head for the beach.
Temperatures could reach as high as 18C in and around the London area on Wednesday, October 30, just in time for those Halloween parties the next day.
As well as mercury rising in the south of the country it’s also set to be milder much further north too on the same day – including as high as 16C Elgin in Scotland which is north of Aberdeen.
It will also be as high as 17C in York in the north of England. Weather expert Jim Dale, senior meteorologist and founder of British Weather Services, blamed an “Iberian heat plume” for the warmth.
The Iberian plume – also known as the Spanish plume – is a weather pattern that brings warm air and an increased risk of thunderstorms from the Iberian Peninsula or Sahara to northwestern Europe.
Mr Dale said: “Spain and Portugal will remain under a flood watch as we approach the end of the month, with the UK set to steal some of their sunshine and warmth.”
The Met Office issues a long range weather forecast from Wednesday, October 30 until Friday, November 8.
It says that between the dates that conditions are “likely to be characterised by often quiet and settled weather”.
It says: “Some mist and fog is probable in the south at first, alongside rather cloudy conditions, whilst in the extreme north spells of stronger winds and rain could brush past giving a slightly more unsettled picture.”
The Met Office predictions say that into the start of November that there is a chance of snow – so it seems the warmer blast might not last long.
It said: “Into the start of November, there is a chance the weather could (briefly) turn much colder/brighter, with a chance of snow showers in northern and eastern areas, but it’s equally possible these could stay clear of the UK, or the milder conditions could remain in place.”
